Judges 5:19-31

English Standard Version

¹⁹ “The kings came, they fought;
    then fought the kings of Canaan,
at ^(A)Taanach, by the waters of ^(B)Megiddo;
    ^(C)they got no spoils of silver.
^20 (D)From heaven the stars fought,
    from their courses they fought against Sisera.
^21 (E)The torrent Kishon swept them away,
    the ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon.
    March on, my soul, with might!

²² “Then loud beat the horses' hoofs
    with the galloping, galloping of his steeds.

²³ “Curse Meroz, says the angel of the Lord,
    curse its inhabitants thoroughly,
^(F)because they did not come to the help of the Lord,
    to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

²⁴ “Most blessed of women be ^(G)Jael,
    the wife of Heber the Kenite,
    of tent-dwelling women most blessed.
^25 (H)He asked for water and she gave him milk;
    she brought him curds in a noble's bowl.
^26 (I)She sent her hand to the tent peg
    and her right hand to the workmen's mallet;
she struck Sisera;
    she crushed his head;
    she shattered and pierced his temple.
²⁷ Between her feet
    he sank, he fell, he lay still;
between her feet
    he sank, he fell;
where he sank,
    there he fell—dead.

^28 (J)“Out of the window she peered,
    the mother of Sisera wailed through ^(K)the lattice:
‘Why is his chariot so long in coming?
    Why tarry the hoofbeats of his chariots?’
²⁹ Her wisest princesses answer,
    indeed, she answers herself,
³⁰ ‘Have they not found and ^(L)divided the spoil?—
    A womb or two for every man;
spoil of dyed materials for Sisera,
    spoil of dyed materials embroidered,
    two pieces of dyed work embroidered for the neck as spoil?’

^31 (M)“So may all your enemies perish, O Lord!
    But your friends be ^(N)like the sun ^(O)as he rises in his might.”